Erkki Veltheim is a composer, improviser and performer. He has been commissioned by Adelaide Festival, Vivid Festival, Australian Art Orchestra and Soundstream, and his pieces have been performed by ensembles such as the London Sinfonietta, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He has played with the Australian Art Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Ensemble Modern, and has featured as a soloist with the London Sinfonietta, Australian Opera and Elision. He has collaborated as an arranger and performer with artists including Gurrumul, Black Arm Band, Tom E Lewis and Zulya, and as an improviser has worked with Australia's leading practitioners, such as Anthony Pateras, Andrea Keller, Jon Rose and Scott Tinkler.